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LET’S FIND THE CLOUD SCENARIO THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU!

Whether you’ve just started planning or have already implemented some cloud capabilities, Preeminent can help you leverage your existing systems and design a cloud infrastructure strategy that will fit your needs today, while evolving with your changing needs in the future. Explore the possibilities of the cloud with Microsoft’s cloud platform and tools.

“It’s not just a matter of transitioning to a new way of doing business digitally, it’s a matter of surviving. And to survive you have to be agile. We chose to align our business with the Microsoft cloud platform to adapt quickly and stay ahead of competitors.”

— Jim Connell, Chief Information Officer at Sierra Pacific Mortgage

The Cloud Advantage

Cloud technology is the foundation of modern infrastructure and critical to remaining competitive in a digital business world. With a cloud-first strategy developed by Preeminent, organizations will now be able to:

Secure a flexible and scalable modern infrastructure
Experience greater reliability, performance, and security
Gain cost effective, on-demand access to infrastructure resources
Build and deploy solutions with greater agility and speed
Lower startup costs and investment risk for digital innovation

“We’re a financing company, but we need robust underlying technology to enable our operations. With Azure, we can focus on helping small businesses instead of building and scaling IT infrastructure.”

— Evan Smiedt, Co-Chief Executive Officer at The Fundworks

Cloud Strategy & Roadmap: The 4-Step Methodology

Preeminent has successfully designed, developed, and implemented cloud solutions for enterprise customers across a variety of industries. This gives us a broad perspective and unprecedented insights to help you maximize the potential of the cloud. From assessment of your applications and environment, to establishing security and governance standards, we have the expertise to handle every stage and challenge.

Our 4-Step Methodology provides a proven, structured approach and roadmap for successful migration:

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Application Portfolio Assessment

Your business’ first cloud application is critical as it lays the foundation for widespread cloud adoption. Strategically choose an application that will smoothly transition and build cloud acceptance amongst users.

Preeminent can help you develop an application roadmap to the cloud (whether Lift-n-shift, Re-Platform, New Deployment, Re-Architect or Sustain) through analysis of numerous factors – and help you get there with uninterrupted service. Our team analyzes your application portfolio, creates the prioritization for applications and workloads to be moved to the cloud, and assesses the considerations for each in moving to the cloud successfully.

Cloud Design & Migration

Preeminent offers end-to-end services for successful cloud infrastructure adoption and migration. We holistically examine current-state and develop a comprehensive plan to successfully migrate to the cloud. We develop strategies to address everything from moving workloads to virtual machines to establishing connectivity using site-to-site VPN or ExpressRoute. Trust Preeminent to migrate you to the cloud with success as we address everything needed including availability, scalability, and application performance.

Cloud Security & Governance

Your business can’t afford to overlook the critical risks posed not only just by the internet, but by the security required for cloud migrations. Preeminent includes thorough and proven security procedures into every cloud computing implementation we undertake.
With a sound security and governance plan, developed by experts like the ones at Preeminent, your business will realize the promise and benefits of operating in the cloud.

CLOUD MAINTENANCE

Preeminent provides end-to-end maintenance for private, public, and hybrid clouds, so you can focus on growth and innovation. By bringing decades of experience managing IT environments and using cutting edge tools, we implement proven, best practices to monitor and manage cloud infrastructure through a central dashboard to reduce risk and ensure adherence to SLAs.

Microsoft Azure Cloud Services – Reduce Your IT Footprint

Microsoft Azure is our preferred platform for cloud-based infrastructure, applications, data storage, and identity services. It is easily integrable with your existing IT environment and supports hybrid scenarios if you don’t want to choose between your datacenter and the cloud. Microsoft Azure provides enterprise-grade security, development, and scale capabilities, while enabling anytime-anywhere access to data.

As a certified Microsoft partner, Preeminent has the expertise to help you take advantage of all that the Azure cloud has to offer while letting you return your focus to running your business.

Preeminent connects you to Azure’s worldwide network of data centers by transforming your own existing data center into a hybrid solution extending to the Azure network. This transformation provides accessibility anytime, anywhere. An unforeseen outage or disaster at one location no longer means downtime as your data remains safe and online on Azure’s robust global cloud.

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Assessment & Planning

Preeminent experts develop a plan and roadmap by assessing the existing environment, hardware and software. Our adept team provides you with cloud architecture and a migration plan that relies on best practices for resilience and security.

Deployment & Migration

Make a smooth transition to Azure with Preeminent’s help! Our services include virtual network & security setup, migration of VMs, applications, database, data & storage migration, backup and disaster recovery setup and testing.

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Monitoring & Management

Our Azure managed services and support teams provide your organization with SLA-based 24x7x365 infrastructure and application management for Windows and Linux VMs, virtual network appliances, Active Directory, SQL and SharePoint applications.

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Hybrid Cloud (Azure Stack)

Microsoft Azure Stack offers the only true hybrid cloud experience available in the market, providing a single vendor platform across cloud and on-premises data centers. Preeminent can provide you with a fully managed hybrid solution that fits what your business needs.

“[Azure technologies] offer a simple, highly secure way to extend our datacenter into the cloud in a format that folks here are already accustomed to.”

– Ray Rodriguez, SDSU Systems Analyst

In addition to backing up data five times faster, San Diego State University uses on-premises storage for the latest 30 days of backups and stores data older than 30 days in Azure cloud storage. Using this two-tiered approach, SDSU saw a significant reduction in its storage costs compared to its previous system, and is gaining more utility from its stored data through additional services available in Azure.

Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS)

Azure Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) offers a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that provides a multi-tenancy architecture. Using DaaS, Preeminent can help your business access remote desktops, apps, and data in the public cloud with benefits that include:

Access to Windows apps anywhere, anytime
Flexible on-premises, cloud-based, or hosted deployments
Easier, automated software updates
Reduced costs and greater efficiency
Enhanced security and data protection with backup/restore capability

“We wanted to give every employee across our enterprise visibility into every deal, through a single portal. We use Azure to keep everybody connected to the most accurate, real-time information.”

— Evan Smiedt, Co-Chief Executive Officer at The Fundworks

Enterprise Mobility & Security (EMS)

EMS is a full-featured enterprise security solution that provides protection from data loss and breaches. Services include Azure Active Directory Premium, Microsoft 365, Azure Information Protection, Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA), and Microsoft Cloud App Security.

IDENTITY + ACCESS MANAGEMENT

As employees bring their own personal devices to work, maintaining control over their applications and data access has become a significant challenge.

Microsoft has proven solutions to provide cloud-based identity and access management on Azure Active Directory (AAD), with added functionality available through Azure Active Directory Premium.

MANAGE DEVICES AND APPS FROM THE CLOUD

With an increasing proliferation and reliance on mobile devices, employees demand the ability to work anywhere. Microsoft 365 provides a comprehensive solution for device management and security.

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DATA PROTECTION

Provide your most critical assets with rigorous data protection using Microsoft Azure Information Protection. Azure Information Protection also assists with shared data, providing a means for safe sharing of sensitive data inside and outside of your organization.

IDENTITY DRIVEN SECURITY

Address the security challenges of today and tomorrow across all users, devices, apps, data, and platforms with Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA). ATA provides every user a single protected identity for secure access to apps on-premises and in the cloud. Preeminent can implement and configure ATA to monitor traffic patterns, defend against attacks, and identify holes in your organization’s digital security.

“Our whole experience with Azure AD has been a boost of confidence for IT as we take steps to safeguard everyone with a comprehensive solution that supports a modern, digital environment for GW.”

– Mark Albert, Director of George Washington University Web & Identity Services

Other Cloud Capabilities

Our extensive Azure cloud expertise also extends to the following services:?

Cross Platform computing solutions
Hybrid cloud deployment
Backup & data restoration
Disaster recovery
High-availability cloud solutions
Cloud security

Connected people are productive people.

When your employees can work from anywhere – and on any device – they’re more productive and effective. With Office 365, anything you can do in the office, you can now do on the go. Offer the best productivity experience without the operational burden of on-premises servers and software maintenance, empowering your entire business to collaborate more effectively.

“We chose Office 365 to create a modern workplace that offers employees the tools they need to redefine member relationships in a digital age—and drive our competitive advantage.”

– John Sahagian, Vice President of Marketing at Baxter Credit Union

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Office365

Deployment & Migration

Preeminent’s Office 365 Deployment and Migration services cover the full range of technologies offered across the various plans for Office 365. Our services provide your organization with turnkey deployments and migration as well as a training tailored to your needs.

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Exchange Online

Exchange Online deployments and email migration services including hybrid deployment. Preeminent offers comprehensive services, from architectural design, security and implementation.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a platform that combines workplace chat, meetings, notes, and attachments. The service integrates with the company’s Office 365 subscription office productivity suite, including Microsoft Office and Skype. Preeminent has extensive experience in driving value realization from Microsoft’s teamwork solutions. Our experience with Office 365 including Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Yammer, and Stream will help you build a culture of collaboration that empowers your employees while adhering to the growing security and compliance requirements. As your partner we provide guidance and insights you can use to help your employees drive adoption and make the best use of Microsoft Teams within your organization.

SharePoint Online (Hybrid)

Solve organizational challenges with SharePoint to improve productivity and eliminate the slowdowns of manual processes. Preeminent can help you plan, implement, optimize, and customize SharePoint for your organization’s unique needs so you can get more done, faster.

Microsoft OneDrive for business

In this highly distributed global environment, organizations are challenged to increase productivity while providing employees with tools for effective information sharing and collaboration. Microsoft OneDrive for Business provides users a private, secure, and shareable storage space in the cloud that is accessible from anywhere, anytime. Preeminent can help migrate your existing data and documents to the OneDrive cloud.

Azure Rights Management

The cloud is equipping individuals to work smarter and collaborate from a distance easier than ever. But as these barriers come down, new challenges arise from cloud-based apps and devices outside of the workplace.

Preeminent Solutions can implement Microsoft Azure Rights Management (Azure RMS), enabling complex policy restrictions and permissions for your environment. Safely assign rights and permissions to people who need important company data while preventing unauthorized access.

OFFICE 365 Governance Strategy & Implementation

Preeminent Solutions is a recognized industry leader in developing and implementing governance strategies for our clients around Office 365 tools, including SharePoint, Teams, Microsoft Exchange, and Skype for Business.

Governance is a key component to ensuring long-term success and is unique for every organization. Preeminent’s governance strategies and related development address everything from roles and responsibilities, to enforcement policies and processes.

OFFICE 365 Managed Services

Our specialists will work as an extension of your existing team as your dedicated Office 365 experts.

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Cloud-based Enterprise Mobility Management Service

Microsoft 365 provides mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities to help keep your data safe while enabling greater workforce mobility.Microsoft 365 can integrate with your existing System Center Configuration Manager infrastructure to provide a consistent management experience across devices, on-premises, and in the cloud.

Preeminent will work with you to define a specialized mobile management strategy for your organization, while leveraging Microsoft 365 capabilities to support modern business needs.

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Mobile Device Management (MDM)

Flexibility and control to secure your data on any device

Whether you are setting up or fine tuning your “bring your own device” (BYOD) or “choose your own device” (CYOD) – Preeminent will work with you to identify the requirements, configure the infrastructure to support the necessary platforms, and deploy the management solution.

Automate provisioning for certificates, WiFi, VPN, and email profiles once a device is enrolled, enabling users to access corporate resources with the appropriate security configurations
Deliver comprehensive settings management for mobile devices to enable remote actions (passcode reset, device lock, data encryption, full wipe) to protect corporate data
Restrict access to Exchange email, Outlook email, and OneDrive documents when a user tries to use an unenrolled or non-compliant device
Simplify enrollment of corporate devices with bulk enrollment or a single service account, set policies, and deploy applications on a large scale
Streamline enrollment of iOS devices purchased directly from Apple or an authorized reseller with the Device Enrollment Program (DEP)

Mobile Application Management (MAM)

Make your apps, email and files easier to access

With Microsoft 365’s Mobile Application Management (MAM), you can empower your employees with secure, on-demand access to corporate applications, data, and resources from their mobile devices. Preeminent leverages MAM to build management and data protection directly into the Office mobile apps your employees are most familiar with, while extending these capabilities to existing line-of-business apps to enable secure viewing of content.

Enable secure access to the Office mobile apps employees know and love while preventing leakage of your company’s data
Manage Office mobile apps to protect corporate information without intruding on a user’s personal life
Apply the same management policies to your existing line-of-business apps using the Microsoft 365 App Wrapping Tool, without requiring code changes
Allow users to securely view content on devices within your managed app ecosystem using the Managed Browser, PDF Viewer, AV Player, and Image Viewer apps for Microsoft 365
Allow administrators to push required apps during enrollment, and to protect corporate information through selective wipe of managed apps and related data when a device is unenrolled, lost, or stolen
Deny specific applications or URL addresses from being accessed on mobile devices

PC & Mobile Management (Microsoft 365)

The more your business grows, the more IT challenges you’re likely to face. To help you stay competitive at any level, Preeminent’s Microsoft 365 service serves as our cloud-based PC & Mobile Management solution.

Microsoft 365’s easy-to-use web-based console provides instantaneous insight into your PC environment, empowering you to proactively manage and fix PCs before a problem arises.

Centrally manage the deployment of the Microsoft updates and service packs on all PCs from theMicrosoft 365 console
Proactively monitor PCs and receive alerts on malware and security vulnerabilities and set policies across all PCs – even remotely
Safeguard your PCs from the latest threats with the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, using trusted Microsoft Forefront® Endpoint Protection and Microsoft Security Essentials
Provide remote assistance to resolve PC issues regardless of where you or your users are located
Track hardware and software used across your business to efficiently manage your assets, licenses, and compliance

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